Taxon: Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CO*, KS*°, OK*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:

• Lespedeza cuneata var. serpens (1 accessions)

Common names:

• Chinese bush-clover   (Source: Leg Tex ) – English
  
• Chinese lespedeza   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• perennial lespedeza   (Source: Leg WorldEc ) – English
  
• sericea lespedeza   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• silky bush-clover   (Source: Pl Invasion ) – English
  
• jie ye tie sao zhou   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• lespédéza soyeux   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• japanischer Klee   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• lespedeza perenne   (Source: Mult Glossary Crops ) – Italian
  
• bisuri   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• lespedeza perenne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide CultTropS)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China; Hong Kong
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal; Pakistan [n.]
  Indo-China: Myanmar
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Pp. 255–267 in: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions.
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Pp. 11:170–173 in: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. [= L. sericea].
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. [= L. juncea (L. f.) Pers.].
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. [= L. juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) F. B. Forbes & Hemsl.].
• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
• Isely, D. 1955. The Leguminosae of the north-central United States 2. Hedysareae. Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 30:90.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. [= L. juncea subsp. sericea].
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. [= L. juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) Lace & Hemsl.].
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Pramanik, A. & K. Thothathri. 1983. Notes on the taxonomy, distribution and ecology of Lespedeza juncea complex with special reference to India. J. Jap. Bot. 58:333. [= L. juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) F. B. Forbes & Hemsl.].
• Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas.
• Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lespedeza cuneata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lespedeza cuneata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lespedeza cuneata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Anthyllis cuneata Dum. Cours. (basionym)
  
• (=) Hedysarum sericeum Thunb.
  
• Lespedeza juncea f. latissima Matsum. [= Lespedeza cuneata var. serpens]
  
• (=) Lespedeza juncea subsp. sericea (Maxim.) Steenis
  
• (=) Lespedeza juncea var. sericea Maxim.
  (previously associated with 46 accessions)
• Lespedeza latissima (Matsum.) Nakai [= Lespedeza cuneata var. serpens]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Lespedeza sericea Miq.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• Lespedeza serpens Nakai [≡ Lespedeza cuneata var. serpens]
  

Check other web resources for Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit and seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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